Three species of fire ants have been found in North Carolina: red imported fire ants, black fire ants, and hybrid fire ants. Red imported fire ants are the most common fire ant species in North ...

As the warmer weather brings people outdoors across Houston, fire ants are waiting. Out of the 210 species of ants in Texas, the fire ant is the one singled out as a serious nuisance to humans ...

Fire ants might come in different flavors, but they're all basically nasty and unwanted in North Carolina. Even so, the invasive ant native to South America is here to stay − and is adapting.

Plus do the math. Even if it did work your fire ant colony has millions of ants. At one grit per ant, that’s a lot of grits. Scoop into a fire ant mound and place that on another fire ant mound.

Invasive fire ants, first arriving in the U.S. in 1918, have spread throughout the Southeast, causing problems for residents and farmers. Adding to the problem, red and black fire ants are ...

The machine suddenly froze. When he brought it to a shop for repair, he learned that the problem was caused by fire ants that had entered the console through a gap. Curious about ant behavior ...

A new major threat to Guam’s endangered birds has been stopped in its tracks. The Guam Department of Agriculture has successfully eradicated a dangerous infestation of little fire ants at a critical ...

Red imported fire ants are forming rafts to travel south along floodwaters in search of new, dry areas to infest. Photo: Invasive Species Council. Photo by SUPPLIED BY INVASIVE SPECIES COUNCIL Just as ...

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The population of fire ants in Florida has become more and more prevalent, here’s all you need to know about these feisty insects. Are you tired of the typical tourist traps in Florida – congested ...